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  1. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello Fellow Woodworkers, I use reclaimed wood for most of my custom poster framing projects. Each board is unique with mystique. I love the way my 40 year old fence has aged to a deep dark red, so when it came time for renovating my living room, I wanted to use those pickets in on an accent...
  2. New Member Introductions
    Hi everyone. I'm an occasional and very amateur crafter and like working with old or raw wood. I have my granddad piano and was trying to give it away but couldn't! I opened it up to clean it out and found gorgeous wood inside and all the original hardware. So I'm now thinking about selling it...
  3. General Woodworking Discussions
    N00b here, so apologies for my ignorance - I recently was given access to an 120 year old barn to take as much wood as I'd like. Plan is to use it for an accent wall - I've seen several posts for and against sanding it before assembling. The last thing I want is to lose the texture and color...
  4. Timber Framing
    Hi - I'm trying to identify the species of some barnwood. The barn is in Iowa and was built in the 1840s. Attached are a few pictures that I received from the person taking down the barn. I realize it might be tough to positively identify without a more detailed picture of the sanded wood, but...
  5. Joinery
    Hey guys, Hey guys, I am planning on putting up a reclaimed wood accent wall similar to the photos below: I have all of the lumber, but I am curious about opinions on jointing the pieces. I was thinking about using tongue/groove for the edges and possibly using biscuit joints for the...
  6. Wood Finishing
    Hi I'm a new member to this community. I have a deep passion for weathered old wood, I love the color and deep texture that you can't get with new lumber. I recently scored 500+ board feet of sun beatin cedar fence boards that had weathered quite nicely. I washed them with a bleach mixture and...
  7. Joinery
    I'm trying to plane 5" rough cut reclaimed red oak boards on a bench-top jointer to remove warps and bends before sticking it through a thickness planer. However, I can only do about three to five boards before the blades are dull. I have already gone through three sets of blades. I'm trying to...
  8. Timber Framing
    Hey guys! I just joined up and wanted to share my first large building project that isn't for someone else! It's going to be a cabin for use later out at my place. once the house is done (5+ years away) It will be my woodworking shop. When you get to the last of the photos the rafters will be...
  9. Wood Finishing
    I have just completed a king sized reclaimed wood headboard. I have basically left the "inside" boards untouched and the outside trim is treated using a vinegar aging method. My question is this. How should I proceed. I have experimented with Oil based poly (smells, takes forever to...
  10. Joinery
    Hello all, I've got some really nice barn Chestnut that I want to use in a project or three, but it's got some problems. One if the boards is close to 13" wide, and 3/4" thick, and I want to use it in a headboard, showing off its width, but it's got some rather severe cupping going on such that...
  11. Wood Finishing
    I have an 11' reclaimed cabin log beam that I want to finish for a floating wood mantel. The beam is very weathered and gray and has not been touched at all. I have no idea how to proceed. I am not certain if I want to sand the rough, gray finish down... if so, how to go about doing that...
  12. Design & Plans
    i just got presented with a project that calls for the installation of reclaimed pine beams on a drywall ceiling. i am certain that the ceiling joists run parallel to the direction of the beams, so i can't necessarily guarantee the correct spacing if i am to anchor to them. since i can't very...
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